News roundup: Bundy standoff could have been ‘bloodbath’

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Last Updated May 02 2014 02:40 pm

FILE - Rancher Cliven Bundy, middle, addresses his supporters with Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie, right, on April 12, 2014. Former Bureau of Land Management director Bob Abbey says Bundy supporters who threatened BLM employees during an armed standoff over the rancher's cattle should be held accountable. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jason Bean)

FILE - Rancher Cliven Bundy, middle, addresses his supporters with Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie, right, on April 12, 2014. Former Bureau of Land Management director Bob Abbey says Bundy supporters who threatened BLM employees during an armed standoff over the rancher's cattle should be held accountable. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jason Bean)

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Happy Friday. The standoff between BLM agents and an armed civilian militia could have turned into a "bloodbath," according to Las Vegas Metropolitan police officers who were ordered to stand between the two sides and urge calmer heads to prevail. The tensions were so high people were making death threats and ready to shoot at authorities, no matter who they were. "We didn't show any fear that day, but I can tell you, we all thought in the back of our minds, we all thought it was going to be our last day on earth, if it went bad," said Sgt. Tom Jenkins of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. An amazing read into how dangerous the situation was in the Nevada desert. [

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